Solved with 'eval', details below:


On Thu, Jun 28, 2007 at 04:50:54PM +0100, Craig Skinner wrote:
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> 
> In the script I have:
> 
> this=$(basename __PLACEHOLDER__0_)
> syslog="logger -t ${this}"

syslog='logger -t ${this}'

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> 
> ..
> ....
> ping_hosts()
> {
> ..
> ..
> 		# if our router is not connected to the Internet, then log so
>                 if [[ ${notified} = 'false' ]]; then
> 
>                         ${syslog} 'link down!'

			eval ${syslog} 'link down!'

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>                         send_mail 'down!'
>                         notified='true'
>                 fi
> 
> ..
> ..
> ..
> 
> 
> reboot_router()
> {
>         ${syslog} "rebooting ${router}"
>         $(dirname __PLACEHOLDER__2_)/reboot/${router_connect}

        eval ${syslog} 'rebooting ${router}'
        eval $(dirname ${0})/reboot/${router_connect}

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> 
>         # Give the router a chance to reboot & retrain
>         sleep ${reboot_sleep}
>         ping_router
> }
> 
> reset_line()
> {
>         ${syslog} "line reset with account: "
>         $(dirname __PLACEHOLDER__3_)/reset/${router_connect} 

        eval ${syslog} 'line reset with account: ${1}'
        eval $(dirname ${0})/reset/${router_connect} ${1}

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> 
>         # Give the router a chance to retrain on the ADSL gateway
>         sleep ${retrain_sleep}
>         ping_router
> }
> 
> 
> 
> ..
> ....
> 

Jun 28 23:40:41 teak viagrad: start up
Jun 28 23:40:41 teak viagrad: loading config
Jun 28 23:40:43 teak viagrad: Internet link up! Gateway: 193.29.223.169

I pulled the phone cable:

Jun 28 23:41:04 juniper juniper: board 0 line 0 channel 0, call 26, C02 Call Terminated 
Jun 28 23:41:04 juniper juniper: ppp:LCP Closing
Jun 28 23:41:04 juniper juniper: ppp:IPCP Closing
Jun 28 23:42:05 teak viagrad: Internet link down!
Jun 28 23:45:06 teak viagrad: line reset with account: bt_test@startup_domain

And put it back in:

Jun 28 23:45:37 juniper juniper: board 0 line 0 channel 0, call 34, C01 Outgoing Call dev=5 ch=0  
Jun 28 23:45:37 juniper juniper: board 0 line 0 channel 0, call 34, C02 OutCall Connected 512000  
Jun 28 23:45:37 juniper juniper: ppp:LCP Starting
Jun 28 23:45:40 juniper juniper: ppp:LCP Opening
Jun 28 23:45:40 juniper juniper: ppp:CHAP Opening
Jun 28 23:45:40 juniper juniper: ppp:IPCP Starting
Jun 28 23:45:40 juniper juniper: ppp:IPCP Opening
Jun 28 23:45:51 teak viagrad: rebooting branch.juniper
Jun 28 23:46:38 juniper juniper: board 0 line 0 channel 0, call 8, C01 Outgoing Call dev=5 ch=0  
Jun 28 23:46:38 juniper juniper: board 0 line 0 channel 0, call 8, C02 OutCall Connected 512000  
Jun 28 23:46:38 juniper juniper: ppp:LCP Starting
Jun 28 23:46:38 juniper juniper: ppp:LCP Opening
Jun 28 23:46:38 juniper juniper: ppp:LCP Closing
Jun 28 23:46:41 juniper juniper: board 0 line 0 channel 0, call 8, C02 Call Terminated 
Jun 28 23:46:44 juniper juniper: board 0 line 0 channel 0, call 9, C01 Outgoing Call dev=5 ch=0  
Jun 28 23:46:44 juniper juniper: board 0 line 0 channel 0, call 9, C02 OutCall Connected 512000  
Jun 28 23:46:44 juniper juniper: ppp:LCP Starting
Jun 28 23:46:47 juniper juniper: ppp:LCP Opening
Jun 28 23:46:48 juniper juniper: ppp:CHAP Opening
Jun 28 23:46:48 juniper juniper: ppp:IPCP Starting
Jun 28 23:46:48 juniper juniper: ppp:IPCP Opening
Jun 28 23:47:27 teak viagrad: line reset with account: my_account@example.net
Jun 28 23:47:36 juniper juniper: ppp:LCP Closing
Jun 28 23:47:36 juniper juniper: ppp:IPCP Closing
Jun 28 23:47:36 juniper juniper: board 0 line 0 channel 0, call 9, C02 Call Terminated 
Jun 28 23:47:38 juniper juniper: board 0 line 0 channel 0, call 10, C01 Outgoing Call dev=5 ch=0  
Jun 28 23:47:38 juniper juniper: board 0 line 0 channel 0, call 10, C02 OutCall Connected 512000  
Jun 28 23:47:38 juniper juniper: ppp:LCP Starting
Jun 28 23:47:39 juniper juniper: board 0 line 0 channel 0, call 10, C02 Call Terminated 
Jun 28 23:47:50 juniper juniper: board 0 line 0 channel 0, call 11, C01 Incoming Call 1500000  
Jun 28 23:47:53 juniper juniper: ppp:LCP Opening
Jun 28 23:47:55 juniper juniper: ppp:CHAP Opening
Jun 28 23:47:55 juniper juniper: ppp:IPCP Starting
Jun 28 23:47:55 juniper juniper: ppp:IPCP Opening
Jun 28 23:48:12 teak viagrad: Internet link up! Gateway: 193.29.223.169

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Craig Skinner | http://www.kepax.co.uk | aye-right@kepax.co.uk